Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
BOLD BURGLARY.
rhs Residence of Judge Lippinoott En-
tered by . Masked Man and Robbed
Of About $500 Worth Of v~aluables.

OF ABOUT OoVV VI
Last night about $50 O'Clock the resi-
dsuce Of Judge Lippincott. on Broadway
three doors beyond Washington street.
vas entered by a masked mar and robbed
o. articles Of considera bic value. It Is
not known whether or not he entered at
the front door or window, as they we're
both found open. 1t is supposed that ne
intended to use the door in case OF a sur
prise from the window, and the window II
compelled to beat a hasty retreat from the
door. He was first discovered in the bed
room Of Mrs. Lippincott, the door Of
which opens into the parlor. Mrs. L'ppin-
colt was absent at the time, the hired girl
berg the only person IN the house. She
was in another part OF it. but heard an
unusual noise in the bedroom and immed1'
stely +, roceeded IT, ascertain the cause
When she entered TIE parlnr she found the
door connecting the sleeping apartment
sn6 the parlor closed. On pushing u open
she was confronted by q man
WEARING A WHITE MASK
over his iare, who held a revolver to her
head and commanded her to keep quiet.
Instead Of doing 40, she turned and ran out
the hack door and gave the alarm. by tne
time assistance reached the house, the
burglar had made good his escape, not ier'
citing. however, to take along TWO
valuable silk dresses, a gold watch. a par
Of bracelets and a set OF earrings belonging
to Mrs. Lippincott. It was not his 'nteh,
ton to overlook anything. rs he turne"
the beddinp and other things in the room
upside down in his search. L
About a half hour after the robbery took
place, a representative OF The MINER wn,r
returning from Mrs. Lippincott's 8, saw three
persons vending their way toward the
robbed house. They we're walking IN
the middle of the street. He U
II a rather queer place to wa'k.
when there are 80 many good sidewalks 10
the neighborhnod. and decided 10 'nses
gate. A. a result OF his ~inordinate GesIIe
to know what was going on, he iouno ~"
police officers and q man WIN WIZ"
handkerchief
TIED OVER HIS FACE.
The officers had arrested him TOT
the Burglary q few minutes Do
lore. and we're taking him to the h"use 70
have him identified by the girl. TIE MISEa
man Joined the outfit, making four IN an
and proceeded to the robbed mouse. W. ~
Of the officers entered in OF 'm s
other. who kept the prison'r win n,'n ~ ~"
the outside. The lights in the parlor we er[
then turned down abO-t as they "e
when the girl saw the burglar. va
everything was in readiness the man. VIII
the handkerchief over his face, was tahon
into the house and placed in the door~ ny.
between the pnrlor and =.
erl was then called in and aakeo 81.
looked like the man she had seen. oo.
took p GOOD look at him and salo no w.
not; that the difference etwee o"e :
VAS easily distinguished. az one nau :
smooth lace and the other wore q oea,u.
At this j~uncture Mrs. Lippincott told ne.
to be accurate. "be heavens, tnat ~ s.H ~!
man escape" The girl reiterated on". 49,
man before her was not the ono "A
robbed the house, whereupon
THAT SETTLES 1t"
was exclaimed by one Of the officers an
the man turned loose. The hired girl cay
that the man who did the robb'ne was
tall, slim fellow. Mrs. Lippincott says t.a
a man answering that oesc ~ "
called at the residence OF MRS. w; ~
Dixon Yesterday afternoon n ashe" ~,
something to eat, which wal gwen i'll III
that instead of appeasing his g~astrnn: mt
cal propensities then and there: put !! ~;
bis pocket ard walked away. Mr.. L'pp'
colt is in Black loot, Idaho, on business .
N~ote-Slim young fellows Will 90 "e"
attend church to-day.